Westbrook Whiskers

05/09/2023

PSA for those close to PA! 2023 American Gerbil Society Summer Show is 6/10. We can’t make it, but we hope some of you who are a bit closer can!

From the AGS: Who is going to the gerbil show?! Mechanicsburg, PA June 10th. Today is the LAST DAY to book a room on the AGS block at the special rate.

Ask for AGS gerbil show block. Rate is $135. Ask for Stacy if any issues 🙂 717-790-0924

05/06/2023

It’s been a busy two weeks! 19 pups born in March between three litters. Everyone has gone home except for six, four of which head home tomorrow and the final two in a few weeks(while thirteen headed home between last Thursday and today)! We also had two more litters born this month! Be sure to reach out and join the waitlist if you’re interested in any of our pups. These four boys will be headed home to Kansas in June. 💕

04/08/2023

Sometimes you accidentally hit record when trying to take pictures and it works out. Happy Easter, please enjoy the ridiculous cuteness of these two.

03/18/2023

Pupdate! Cheeto and S’mores welcomed a litter on 3/16 and so did Cat and Ash! No firm headcount just yet, but it looks like 6 for Cheeto/S’mores and 5-6 for Cat/Ash. It’s a pup-plosion over here!!

Pizza/Pie: 8 gorgeous pups, 5 females and 3 males. Left to right: Ivory cream(F), Argente(F), Black(F), Agouti(M), Black(F), Dilute Agouti(M), Ivory Cream(M), and Lilac(F).

03/11/2023

Pizza/Pie Pupdate: 8 pups and all are looking fantastic…and surprise, three look like they’ll have red eyes! I knew mom carried the gene, but am shocked dad did too considering his lineage. So, I went from the possibility of eight different colors to fifteen (potentially 30+ if there are just 1-2 additional recessives hiding)! 🤯 Waiting for the fur to come in so I can figure out what they are is going to be torture!

03/07/2023

Pizza(dilute slate) and Pie (agouti) have welcomed their first litter! I didn’t get a headcount, but they’re all looking great and mom is doing fantastic. This is a new line for us and I cannot wait to see what this litter holds! We may see our first ever Gray Agouti if we get lucky! 💕

02/14/2023

This gorgeous girl is Cheeto(previously unnamed), a Red Eyed Schimmel (female)

02/14/2023

This handsome guy is Ash(previous unnamed), our new Silver Nutmeg (male)

02/14/2023

“Pizza” our new Dilute Slate (male)

02/14/2023

“Pie” our newest Agouti (female)

02/14/2023

“Cat” our new Saffron/Red Fox (female)

02/03/2023

The new gerbils have finally arrived!!! Pictures to follow after they’ve had a weekend to settle in. Every single one is absolutely gorgeous and sweet. I can’t wait to start working with them!

New Arrivals include:
- Female Agouti (heavy recessives)
- Male Dilute Slate
- Male Silver Nutmeg
- Female Saffron (Red Fox)
- Female Red-Eyed Schimmel

💕

01/27/2023

This is Fox. Originally, he was going to be paired with another male and adopted. Unfortunately, Fox managed to get over the split cage (which has never failed me in 20 yrs), get beat up, and bend the sh*t out of his tail in the process. After the fail, I decided to keep him (his tail was absolutely PERFECT and I regretted not keeping him in the first place). Everything happens for a reason though. He’ll be paired with a Saffron from Fen’Halla Mousery and continue our original and our red eyed lines. He’ll likely pass on his beautiful floof of a tail (minus the kink, since it was injury related and not genetic). But, because of the split cage fail, we are now almost complete in building two of these. Thankful for a hubby who has tools to cut aluminum channel because it’s not nearly as easy to cut as the internet leads you to believe.

http://www.twinsqueaks.com/split-tank.html

01/24/2023

Forgot to ask for pics of our three coming from Gerbil Genesis, but I did get these sent for the two coming from Fen’Halla. All gerbs are enroute, so dang excited!!! Saffron female (solid orange) and Red Eyed Schimmel female(orange and white). It’ll be a bit before we are producing Schimmel, but they are one of the neatest colors. Born totally orange but fade to a white-ish color as they age. 💕

01/21/2023

Come on Honeybun, give us some beans! This sweet girl was from one of our first litters born and is quickly reaching retirement. She and Butters have had one litter together, back in November. She’s looking pudgy, but I don’t want to get my hopes up! Please don’t mind the bed head, she had just crawled out of her burrow when I snapped the shot. 💕

01/16/2023

Super excited to be bringing in new blood in the next few weeks! Five newcomers to not just expand but to continue our lines as well. A recessive carrying Agouti female, Dilute Slate male, and Silver Nutmeg male from Gerbil Genesis in Ohio and a Saffron female and Red Eyed Schimmel from Fen'Halla Mousery in Texas. Can't wait to meet them and share pictures!

01/14/2023

Petco has their aquariums 50% off right now. Just picked up two 20 gal. longs!

Shop select Aqueon 10-29, 40, 55, & 75 gallon tanks discounted up to 50% off when you buy online & pick up in-store! Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.

12/21/2022

When your 25lbs worth of gerbil food arrives, but the freezer is full for Christmas, you improvise. Especially when temps are going to be well below freezing for the next two days. Packaged tightly and on the back patio it goes.

Note: I freeze all food that comes in, no matter where it’s coming from it may have bugs. While not harmful for the gerbils, I can’t stand bugs and freeze the food for 24-48 hrs in our deep freezer.

12/20/2022

Momma Brownie is due any day, daddy S’mores almost looks like he is giving her a back rub to help with the discomfort and labor pains 🤣 Both annoyed that I’m staring at them watching for pup movement.

12/10/2022

I see some peepers opening up! 👀

12/10/2022

This super sweet little guy heads home today to make friends with another male who lost his cage mate. I cannot get over his tail! 💕

12/04/2022

Did you know our gerbils have travelled thousands of miles to their furever homes?! Our gerbils have made it to WY, NE, NM, TX, MO, and even as far away as GA and VA! Follow the link to learn how our gerbils travel so far!

Discover the affordable transportation options available so you can adopt a pair of our gerbils, even if you don't live in Colorado! Our gerbils have travelled as far as Georgia and Virginia!

12/03/2022

Pup Pyramid! Our latest litter out of Brownie and S’mores born 11/23/2022.

11/23/2022

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that today we lost one of the “Originals” who helped us get back into gerbils on November 22, 2020. Our sweet Ella who turned two just last month has crossed the rainbow bridge. As I was doing the morning feedings, I noticed she was standing a bit more still than normal (she enjoyed perching on top of a box and watching me). As I picked her up, she was cool and breathing heavily. I quickly went to grab my phone to call the vet, but she passed before I could get to it. My best guess is that she suffered a major stroke overnight/early this morning as she and her cage mate, Digit, were active and happy last night before I went to bed-running on the wheel, digging like crazy, and enjoying seeds. She was a sweet, quirky girl, who is gone too soon, and will be sorely missed. Her legacy will live on through her son S’mores and his babies…which his second litter happened to be born today as well…quite bittersweet. Such tiny little creatures that leave deep paw prints in our hearts. Run and dig freely, my Ella Bell💔

11/21/2022

Our latest litter born 11/10 out of Honeybun and Butters. Agouti (M), Black (F), and Mottled Agouti (F).

11/18/2022

Love this! 💕

11/04/2022

This one is so ridiculously cute.

11/03/2022

Three males (pied argente, pied black, and lilac) and two females (mottled lilac and agouti). 💕